“level 26 is a suspenseful adventure. it has its moments of intrigue, moments i could care less about, and details that raise my curiosity. many of the places the story goes exists in real life.
one minor thing about the narration that bugged me is where i spotted a few redundancies. i already got the point yet it gets elaborated further unnecessarily.
also certain parts sound preachy or dogmatic declaring that something is sick. sometimes it's nice for the reader to interpret it on his/her own and not told what it is. also, it's stating the obvious for some.
the 'cyberbridges' was a compelling component to this and i wish there had been more of them. i laugh at the usage of 'cyber', but 'cyberspace' was used probably only once or twice in the book.
i'm unsure if the term 'digi-novel' will take off but it seems a better name for this media could probably be found. ::shrugs:: but it's a great idea to combine various technologies in telling a story. kudos to anthony e. zuiker for his efforts head-on.
sure the tech is pretty much fake hollywood tech where proposterous things happen. for instance, sqweegle looking at the accident though a perfectly positioned 10fwy traffic cam at the precise time and the range of video transmisssion of wireless cameras is questionable. you can't really zoom into an image and enhance it to a perfectly clear image. mistaking the distinctive shape of the matterhorn with an actual snowy mountain in the southern california area could probrably be explained by a distorted view out the window.
i probably doubt that most people's cell phones have a dramatic 'end' button, in all caps, just to hang up -just found it a little humorous. but then again, i read this today in one sitting so it may not be as funny as when i first read it.
a few notes:
below are a few notes i've jotted down while reading. (the page numbers are an estimate of the page location in the e-book, since changing the font size moves words around.)
chapter 5 says 'for mica-topped'(?) actually meant formica-topped. heheh
page 500-505 his name is san francisco? later i find out they're referring to the candidates by where they are from, not necessarily their names.
page 656-660 'the secretary of defense was in the process of crawling up his ass.' funny line unexpectedly read.
page 2609-2613 i'm a bit confused why they said he took off his suit at the foot of the stairs. in the cyberbridge video and in a later description, he was by the bed during that time.
page 3227-3233 says 'wycoff took the lord's name in vain again' huh. can't just say what he actually said, but the story is more graphic in other places. kinda odd to me.
page 3816-3821 'dark saw the dark arts' kinda funny to read when all the light and dark elements clash when trying to describe the moment.
page 4352-4357 cliche nots in a sentence. ::rolls eyes::
the hollywood cemetery is on santa monica, not wilshire.
there's no san martin drive in the anaheim area, probably to add a non-existent element in the locations that might otherwise be visited by curious readers.”
